Even as he is busy with music composing assignments, Rahman seems to be paying more attention to his looks of late.

We spotted the Oscar-winning composer at a store launch recently and he was sporting a new, straight hairstyle. And, he had coloured it as well!

The Mozart of Madras has always made news due to his experimentations with his mane. If the free-flowing long hair was symbolic of him during the Vande Mataram days, he has also sported a close crop a few years ago. We wonder if the composer’s wife, Saira Bhanu, is behind this change — for she has always been instrumental in ensuring that he is in sync with fashion trends. In fact, she was the one behind his choice of attire for the Oscar night a few years ago. Interestingly, Sachin Tendulkar was the cynosure of all eyes when he went straight a couple of years ago, and straightened his curls.